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Sometimes truth is stranger than folktales. Bilingualism and plate tectonics were the only kinds of shapeshifting Arden Araujo's troubled geoscientist dad prepared her for. But it turns out, the outlandish prediction that wrecked his career-a devastating North Sea tsunami-might not be the unlikeliest truth he took to his grave. In the 2097 tsunami's aftermath, environmental first responder Arden expects her mission in hard-hit northeast Scotla...

Six strangers.Six puzzles.Six ways to die. Six strangers arrive at the home of preeminent puzzle master Alexei Vasiliev for the reading of his will. Among them are the deceased's widow, who'd already begun divorce proceedings, a virologist troubled by actions in his past, and a convicted murderer on day leave. The choice is simple: leave with nothing, or continue in the hope of solving the six interconnecting escape rooms with this house. ...

Moving to Oak Brook was supposed to be a fresh start for Connie Quinn. A new home away from the prying eyes of her murderous family. And it was, for a time. Until she unknowingly became a pawn in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Matteo Romano is the mastermind behind a twisted website of carnal desires, where Connie's unwitting entrance into a world of dark fantasies begins. Drawn by desire, he follows the sinister request to kidnap her, on...

You are cordially invited to join jet-setting financier/philanthropist Emory Jackman and his very special guests at the world's most exclusive party on Little Pearl Island! __ Everyone who's anyone wants to be seen at one of Emory Jackman's legendary parties, from royalty to politicians, tech billionaires to Instagram models. But something sinister is happening on Little Pearl. Journalist Sven Olsen has heard rumors about the Jackmans tr...

Bree Quinn has one goal: to avenge her sister's murder. She knows that the dangerous Enzo Romano is indirectly responsible for her sister's death. So when she gets the chance to go undercover and get close to Enzo, Bree doesn't hesitate. But Enzo is not what she expected. He's intense, seductive, and everything she never knew she needed. As Bree gets closer, she finds herself torn between her desire for revenge and her growing feelings for him...

THE GHOSTLY WORK OF M.R. JAMES The celebrated writer M.R. James is arguably the most significant author of ghost stories in the world. His macabre work has terrified and fascinated readers for over a hundred years. Now collected in this second volume, here are a further forty-one essays by editor and James scholar Rosemary Pardoe. As well as James and Jamesian related writings by the likes of Robert Lloyd Parry, Michael Harrison and Fritz Le...

Tell me... what are you afraid of? Be first in line for the most haunted theme park in the park in the world - GHOSTLAND! Discover and explore hundreds of haunted buildings and cursed objects! Witness spectral beings of all kinds with our patented Augmented Reality glasses! Experience all the terror and thrills the afterlife has to offer, safely protected by our Recurrence Field technology! Visit Ghostland today - it's the most terrifying pl...

Once the fae-once the Silver Valley Council-wants you, " Roger lifted his eyes to Slate, "they will stop at nothing until they have you." Welcome to Faerloch, Germany, the City of Wonder, where magic thrives deep within a modern metropolis. Daniella O'Callaghan has a unique talent, a secret talent known to only a few in the hidden world of Lorekind. But the world of the Lore can be a dangerous one, something Dani knows first hand. With the...

Once the fae-once the Silver Valley Council-wants you, " Roger lifted his eyes to Slate, "they will stop at nothing until they have you." Welcome to Faerloch, Germany, the City of Wonder, where magic thrives deep within a modern metropolis. Daniella O'Callaghan has a unique talent, a secret talent known to only a few in the hidden world of Lorekind. But the world of the Lore can be a dangerous one, something Dani knows first hand. With the...

Portals appear up in all kinds of places and in all shapes and sizes, raising all kind of questions. Take a mystical tavern for instance, where life choices come into play - how do you get there? How do you learn how to use a portal if it is magical and you aren't? If portals lead to standard destinations, what system governs them? Can you go through one intentionally? How do you escape one if you don't know why you're there? Five original fan...

16 horror tales in the tradition of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and The Twilight Zone! Video Nasties - A young film enthusiast inadvertently releases horror director Nicolo Funelli and his "video nasties" from VHS imprisonment after discovering a box of old video tapes outside an abandoned warehouse. Cuttings - A used delivery van causes Katie and Gavin's lives to take an unimaginable wrong turn into very dark territory. How to Kill a Celebr...

Trust me when I say, this is messed up." - MATT SHAW, author of Sick B*stards. "I believe pain lingers, " Angel said. "Do I believe in spirits? In the supernatural? Probably not." The Lonely Motel holds many dark secrets... and Room 6 just might possess the worst of them all. Angel knows all about pain. His mother died in this room. He's researched its history. Today he's come back to end it, no matter the cost, once and for all. Shyla...

You can't move away from your nightmares. After decades of living in a haunted house, Steve and Mara Spain have had enough. Steve's anxiety-fueled nightmares have increased with each passing year. To find peace, he takes a leave of absence from his law firm to build a home on ten acres of forest near the quaint town of Maquoketa, Iowa. A place to retire-their last house. But these woods are not empty... When the mother of a missing girl begs S...

That very best of times... "This story captures a moment in time when Birmingham City FC became a force in the land. In 1954 I was eleven years of age. Britain was still emerging from the ravages of the Second World War. And yet... there was football. Hugh McIllvanney put it firmly in context. He described sport, and by implication, Football, as 'the magnificent triviality'. As young lads, we embraced it with open arms" Join the author in his ...

LIFE, DEATH AND BEYOND, THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND FUTURE COLLIDE IN AN EPIC BATTLE OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL IN THE FINAL BOOK IN THE GHOSTLAND TRILOGY. Ghosts wreak havoc in the streets of Duck Falls, and Lilian Roth has gone underground, hiding in the Laramies' backyard bunker. With the town under military quarantine, the death toll continues to rise. And Hedgewood's massive infrasound array stands to wipe out every "ethereal" within its radius,...

I believe pain lingers, " Angel said. "Do I believe in spirits? In the supernatural? Probably not." The Lonely Motel holds many dark secrets... and Room 6 just might possess the worst of them all. Angel knows all about pain. His mother died in this room. He's researched its history. Today he's come back to end it, no matter the cost, once and for all. Shyla, a plus-sized escort, thinks the stories Angel tells her can't be true. Secrets so v...

When two painted-faced nobles take a guided raft trip on a muddy river, they expect to rough it for a few weeks before returning to their life of sheltered ease, but when mysterious swirls start appearing in the water even their seasoned guides get rattled.The mystery of the swirls lures them on to seek the mythical wetlands known as the Living Waters. They discover a world beyond their imagining, but stranger still are the worlds they find in...

Since joining the Terran Intelligence Organization, Silver has been ignoring letters from his old Order to return. That is until they sent one that he could no longer avoid. Unable to refuse, Ketayl is the only one he trusts to help him. Ketayl takes the opportunity while they are at the Order's headquarters to go through the Central Seat's library, hoping to find some kind of lead to help with their search for necromancers. She finds hersel...

Sinister forces gather in Duck Falls. Soon, this small American town will become a battleground for the future of humanity.Six months after the "Ghostland Disaster, " Duck Falls has become a reluctant tourist trap, and a new home to the activist group Ghosts Are People Too. When the Return to Ghostland televised event ends in yet another tragedy, ghosts once again fall under scrutiny... along with the effectiveness of the Recurrence Field.Away...

Survival is everything. The fleet orbiting Ashia has not come to negotiate. They have come for conquest. The primitive weaponry of the Ashia people is no match for the onslaught of an intergalactic adversary during the initial invasion. When fighting an unwinnable war against the invader seeking to crush their existing way of life, Shanda Vanaad decides to lead her people to the end and make them bleed for every advance.When his leaders charge...